A Dozen Steps

February 11th, 2008

Directly Prior To Sex

Taking the queue from today’s Daily Reflection - “The Limits of Self-Reliance” which leads us to page 68 in the BB;
“We reviewed our fears thoroughly. We put them on paper, even though we had no resentment in connection with them. We asked ourselves why we had them. Wasn’t it because self-reliance failed us?”
I had been […]

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February 7th, 2008

b5 Learns To Practice 3 and 11

While Nero fiddled, the tech guys at b5 went into battle with the demons of the darkest netherworlds of technology during a most trying time for the bloggers of the b5media network.
It was during this time of emotional upset that the b5 team learned to make use of Steps 3 and 11;
3. - Let Go […]

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February 24th, 2007

Butt Prints In The Sand

Found at the AA History site;
“Butt Prints In The Sand”
One night I had a wondrous dream,
One set of footprints there was seen,
The footprints of my precious Lord,
But mine were not along the shore.
But then some stranger prints appeared..
And I asked the Lord, “What have we here?
Those prints are large and round and neat,
But Lord, they […]

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February 19th, 2007

Who Has?

Who has anguish?

Who has sorrow?

Who is always fighting?

Who is always complaining?

Who has unnecessary bruises?

Who has bloodshot eyes?

Who knows where these questions come from?
The answer to the questions;

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February 16th, 2007

Belief Meant Reliance Not Defiance

It surprised me when I discovered how defiant I had been toward God in my drinking days and for quite some time after He helped me sober up.
Small, simple things like, “no, I’ll do it my way, thank you.” Do you have any idea how often and to what degree we do this?
There’s an old […]

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February 11th, 2007

It Works, It Really Does

I’d like to personally thank Scout for stopping by, commenting and, though you didn’t realize it, motivate my reading you and feeling as if I had something to write.
First Things First - You are not alone!
You are certainly not unique. I know you didn’t say you were. That is a point that others might need […]

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February 9th, 2007

A Realistic Humility

Within a writing from March 1962 published in “The Language Of The Heart” under the heading (pg. 269);
What Is Acceptance?
Bill speaks of our sobriety being literally founded upon the proposition that “Of ourselves, we are nothing, the Father doeth the works,” going on to say that “we accepted the further fact that dependence upon a […]

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May 27th, 2006

He Had Been Listening

From “Came To Believe” pgs. 9-11
“He Had Been Listening”
“It finally became obvious to me that the God I thought had judged and damned me had done nothing of the sort. He had been listening, and in His own good time His answer came. His answer was threefold: the opportunity for a life of sobriety; Twelve […]

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May 23rd, 2006

The Second Tradition

“For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority - a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.”
Once again, please allow me to refer to “The Language of The Heart” and Bill W.’s writings. This is from pg 77 and […]

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May 18th, 2006

“In His Own Individual Right”

I’d like to repeat something about Spirituality directly from the book “Came To Believe.” (I’m a hopeless/hopeful romantic, what can I say?)
“In His Own Individual Right”
“Spirituality is an awakening - or is it all the loose ends woven together into a mellow fabric? It’s understanding - or is it all the knowledge one need ever […]

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